In continuously introducing new talents and adding to its faculty, the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) spares no effort in cultivating and improving high-level talents. In September, Efim Zelmanov, recipient of the Fields Medal, the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, joined the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) as Chair Professor of the Department of Mathematics.

The University had five faculty elected as academicians or members of various academies of sciences, including Jian LIN, a member of the Academia Europaea (Academy of Europe), Xumu ZHANG and Zhiyun LIN, foreign members of the Russian Academy of Engineering (RAE), Junguo LIU, a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW), and Guozhi XIAO, a foreign academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Municipal, provincial, and national high-level talents and team projects also achieved outstanding results. The University has been approved for five National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars projects and four National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars projects. It has been approved three Outstanding Young Scholars projects and five Young Scholars Improvement projects of the Provincial Natural Science Foundation.

For three consecutive years, one project from SUSTech has been approved by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Research Team of the Guangdong Regional Joint Fund (only three projects are approved in the province each year). From January to November 2022, more than 160 new faculty positions were filled, including 19 chair professors, nine professors, seven associate professors, and 45 assistant professors.

Six academicians and members of various academies of sciences also joined SUSTech this year, including Jiansheng ZHU, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Efim Zelmanov, a foreign academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Zuowei XIE and Jinfeng JIA, academicians of CAS, Jiansheng DAI, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), and Derong LIU, a member of the Academia Europaea.

As of November 2022, SUSTech has 1,363 faculty members, including 59 academicians (43 full-time), 58 international fellows, 39 members appointed by the Ministry of Education, 17 members from the National Special Support Program, 49 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and 29 winners of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars.